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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has indicated it is time to "recognize Hezbollah" after easily being duped by "the message on the placards they are using".	person	[ "Kofi Annan" ]
This acceptance of blatantly terrorist groups as legitimate freedom movements is a cancerous tumor on the United Nations and the media.	organization	[ "United Nations" ]
Over three years after 9-11, the United Nations, despite their attempts to project strength in fighting terrorism , still can not properly define the word "terrorist" , waffling over the issue of whether the murder of innocent civilians are terrorist acts.	organization	[ "United Nations" ]
The media routinely obscures the lines between terrorism and legitimate resistance, as the recent article by Daniel Okrent of The New York Times demonstrates .	person	[ "Daniel Okrent" ]
The media routinely obscures the lines between terrorism and legitimate resistance, as the recent article by Daniel Okrent of The New York Times demonstrates .	organization	[ "The New York Times" ]
The decision to sidestep the obvious to satisfy the need to avoid confrontation does not bring peace, but only delays the eventual conflict as the predators of Hamas and Hezbollah exploit the inherent weakness of the internationals and the media.	organization	[ "Hamas", "Hezbollah" ]
I 've been fuming over this fact for a few weeks now, ever since some organizations and governments suggested we need to accept the fact that Hezbollah will get involved in running Lebanon.	organization	[ "Hezbollah" ]
I 've been fuming over this fact for a few weeks now, ever since some organizations and governments suggested we need to accept the fact that Hezbollah will get involved in running Lebanon.	location	[ "Lebanon" ]
This is the organization that bombed our Marine barracks in 1983, took Americans hostage throughout the 80's and now they should be considered a legitimate organization?	organization	[ "Marine" ]
Iran says it is creating nuclear energy without wanting nuclear weapons.	location	[ "Iran" ]
The United States does n't believe the Iranian Government.	location	[ "United States" ]
I read an Article in Time magazine accusing the Iranian Government of being willing to start a nuclear war and I sympathise with the Article.	organization	[ "Time magazine" ]
They are certainly being nasty to the United Nations Security Council in connection with the anti-proliferation treaty.	organization	[ "United Nations Security Council" ]
The President has also said he would like to see Israel wiped off the map which he could n't even begin to try without nuclear weapons.	location	[ "Israel" ]
Many people want to use diplomacy with Iran rather than military pressure.	location	[ "Iran" ]
Let me join the chorus of annoyance over Google 's new toolbar , which, as noted in the linked article, commits just about every sin an online marketer could commit, and makes up a few new ones besides.	organization	[ "Google" ]
I 'm not fond of the Google-hates-privacy argument	organization	[ "Google" ]
This BuzzMachine post argues that Google 's rush toward ubiquity might backfire -- which we 've all heard before, but it 's particularly well-put in this post.	organization	[ "BuzzMachine", "Google" ]
Google is a nice search engine.	organization	[ "Google" ]
Warren Buffett is giving away 85% of his wealth , mostly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.	person	[ "Warren Buffett" ]
Warren Buffett is giving away 85% of his wealth , mostly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.	organization	[ "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" ]
It 's a move that really worries me; Buffett 's usual justification for keeping most of his money was that he was still compounding the value of his fortune at a pretty high rate, so any gifts now would mean significantly less money for the foundation later.	person	[ "Buffett" ]
It 's a little hard to parse, but at this point his ostensible view is that the Gateses are very good money-redistributors, and he wants them to have the money as soon as possible.	person	[ "Gateses" ]
Which essentially sounds like he 's worried that Bill or Melinda are going to die soon.	person	[ "Bill", "Melinda" ]
I assume his actual reason is that he 's worried that Berkshire Hathaway just ca n't grow quickly enough to justify his usual charity policy.	organization	[ "Berkshire Hathaway" ]
em ... no ... the Gates foundation mainly invests in medical research and education, that means donating now adds a tremendous value compared to donating in ten years.	organization	[ "Gates foundation" ]
It sounds pretty rational that he 's saying that Bill and Melinda are at a prime spot, so starting the money hose now is a good idea, but Buffet is still keeping most of his donation inside of Berkshire where it will compound.	person	[ "Bill", "Melinda", "Buffet" ]
It sounds pretty rational that he 's saying that Bill and Melinda are at a prime spot, so starting the money hose now is a good idea, but Buffet is still keeping most of his donation inside of Berkshire where it will compound.	organization	[ "Berkshire" ]
Important news such as President Bush 's miniscule calibrations on his marriage amendment/anti-gay (update: he 's not against gays in the bedroom, just at the altar, where of course their relationships should not only be frowned upon but should be constitutionally excluded) has pushed Sudan not just off the front pages, or the A section, but out of the NY Times and Washington Post completely.	person	[ "Bush" ]
Important news such as President Bush 's miniscule calibrations on his marriage amendment/anti-gay (update: he 's not against gays in the bedroom, just at the altar, where of course their relationships should not only be frowned upon but should be constitutionally excluded) has pushed Sudan not just off the front pages, or the A section, but out of the NY Times and Washington Post completely.	location	[ "Sudan" ]
Important news such as President Bush 's miniscule calibrations on his marriage amendment/anti-gay (update: he 's not against gays in the bedroom, just at the altar, where of course their relationships should not only be frowned upon but should be constitutionally excluded) has pushed Sudan not just off the front pages, or the A section, but out of the NY Times and Washington Post completely.	organization	[ "NY Times", "Washington Post" ]
I had to go to the BBC for this report .	organization	[ "BBC" ]
At that time, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded steps be taken to end the ethnic violence in Darfur within 48 hours.	organization	[ "UN" ]
At that time, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded steps be taken to end the ethnic violence in Darfur within 48 hours.	person	[ "Kofi Annan" ]
At that time, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded steps be taken to end the ethnic violence in Darfur within 48 hours.	location	[ "Darfur" ]
The African Union is clearly not up to the task of keeping the peace, pledging 300 troops to an area that will need 15,000, according to analysts.	organization	[ "African Union" ]
And international donors have given only half of the relief aid that Darfur needs, according to the local UN officials.	location	[ "Darfur" ]
And international donors have given only half of the relief aid that Darfur needs, according to the local UN officials.	organization	[ "UN" ]
So hear we are, two weeks later, after that dazzling PR display two weeks ago by Powell and Annan, and the situation on the ground in Darfur appears basically unchanged.	person	[ "Powell", "Annan" ]
So hear we are, two weeks later, after that dazzling PR display two weeks ago by Powell and Annan, and the situation on the ground in Darfur appears basically unchanged.	location	[ "Darfur" ]
What if Google Morphed Into GoogleOS?	organization	[ "Google" ]
What if Google expanded on its search-engine (and now e-mail) wares into a full-fledged operating system?	organization	[ "Google" ]
[via Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley ]	organization	[ "Microsoft" ]
[via Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley ]	person	[ "Mary Jo Foley" ]
Angry crowds chanted anti-American slogans in the western city of Falluja (pop. 256,000) as the security police killed in a friendly fire incident by US troops were buried on Saturday.	location	[ "Falluja", "US" ]
Reuters reported that "Sunni clerics in the town issued a 'Declaration by the people of Fallujah' condemning the deaths of the security guards and police, announcing three days of mourning, and calling for a general strike today."	organization	[ "Reuters" ]
Reuters reported that "Sunni clerics in the town issued a 'Declaration by the people of Fallujah' condemning the deaths of the security guards and police, announcing three days of mourning, and calling for a general strike today."	location	[ "Fallujah" ]
It read, "The people of Fallujah condemn the massacre which was committed on Friday against people dedicated to the protection of Fallujah.	location	[ "Fallujah", "Fallujah" ]
The clerics demanded talks with local US commanders.	location	[ "US" ]
Falluja has long been roiled by tense relations with the US soldiers there, since local Sunnis either remain committed to Arab nationalism or have become Sunni fundamentalists or even radicals.	location	[ "Falluja", "US" ]
Cities such as Falluja received special treatment from Saddam and enjoyed a disproportionate share of the country 's wealth and power.	location	[ "Falluja" ]
Cities such as Falluja received special treatment from Saddam and enjoyed a disproportionate share of the country 's wealth and power.	person	[ "Saddam" ]
It notes 10 points at which the US made key mistakes that might have stopped Bin Laden 's plot.	location	[ "US" ]
It notes 10 points at which the US made key mistakes that might have stopped Bin Laden 's plot.	person	[ "Bin Laden" ]
Four of these were under Clinton and 6 under Bush.	person	[ "Clinton", "Bush" ]
Bush came out today and said that if he had known what was coming, he would have expended every effort to stop it, and that so would have Clinton.	person	[ "Bush", "Clinton" ]
Of course Bush would have tried to stop 9/11 if he had known it was coming.	person	[ "Bush" ]
We now know that Bush and his administration came into office obsessed with Iraq.	person	[ "Bush" ]
We now know that Bush and his administration came into office obsessed with Iraq.	location	[ "Iraq" ]
Cheney was looking at maps of Iraq oil fields and muttering about opportunities for US companies there, already in January or February of 2001.	person	[ "Cheney" ]
Cheney was looking at maps of Iraq oil fields and muttering about opportunities for US companies there, already in January or February of 2001.	location	[ "Iraq", "US" ]
Wolfowitz contradicted counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke when the latter spoke of the al-Qaeda threat, insisting that the preeminent threat of terrorism against the US came from Iraq, and indicating he accepted Laurie Mylroie 's crackpot conspiracy theory that Saddam was behind the 1993 World Trade Towers bombing.	person	[ "Wolfowitz", "Richard Clarke", "Laurie Mylroie", "Saddam" ]
Wolfowitz contradicted counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke when the latter spoke of the al-Qaeda threat, insisting that the preeminent threat of terrorism against the US came from Iraq, and indicating he accepted Laurie Mylroie 's crackpot conspiracy theory that Saddam was behind the 1993 World Trade Towers bombing.	organization	[ "al - Qaeda" ]
Wolfowitz contradicted counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke when the latter spoke of the al-Qaeda threat, insisting that the preeminent threat of terrorism against the US came from Iraq, and indicating he accepted Laurie Mylroie 's crackpot conspiracy theory that Saddam was behind the 1993 World Trade Towers bombing.	location	[ "US", "Iraq" ]
If you believe crackpot theories instead of focusing on the reality--that was an al-Qaeda operation mainly carried out by al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyah, an Egyptian terrorist component allied with Bin Laden-- then you will concentrate on the wrong threat.	organization	[ "al - Qaeda" ]
If you believe crackpot theories instead of focusing on the reality--that was an al-Qaeda operation mainly carried out by al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyah, an Egyptian terrorist component allied with Bin Laden-- then you will concentrate on the wrong threat.	person	[ "al - Gamaa al - Islamiyyah", "Bin Laden" ]
Even after the attacks on September 11, Bush was obsessing about Iraq.	person	[ "Bush" ]
Even after the attacks on September 11, Bush was obsessing about Iraq.	location	[ "Iraq" ]
Wolfowitz lied to him and said that there was a 10 to 50% chance that Iraq was behind them.	person	[ "Wolfowitz" ]
Wolfowitz lied to him and said that there was a 10 to 50% chance that Iraq was behind them.	location	[ "Iraq" ]
The hijackers were obviously al-Qaeda, and no operational links between al-Qaeda and Iraq had ever been found).	organization	[ "al - Qaeda", "al - Qaeda" ]
The hijackers were obviously al-Qaeda, and no operational links between al-Qaeda and Iraq had ever been found).	location	[ "Iraq" ]
Rumsfeld initially rejected an attack on al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, saying there were "no good targets" in Afghanistan.	person	[ "Rumsfeld" ]
Rumsfeld initially rejected an attack on al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, saying there were "no good targets" in Afghanistan.	organization	[ "al - Qaeda" ]
Rumsfeld initially rejected an attack on al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, saying there were "no good targets" in Afghanistan.	location	[ "Afghanistan", "Afghanistan" ]
(What about 40 al-Qaeda bases that had trained the 9/11 hijackers and other terrorists gunning for the United States??)	organization	[ "al - Qaeda" ]
(What about 40 al-Qaeda bases that had trained the 9/11 hijackers and other terrorists gunning for the United States??)	location	[ "United States" ]
The Pentagon did not even have a plan for dealing with Afghanistan or al-Qaeda that it could pull off the shelf, according to Bob Woodward.	organization	[ "Pentagon", "al - Qaeda" ]
The Pentagon did not even have a plan for dealing with Afghanistan or al-Qaeda that it could pull off the shelf, according to Bob Woodward.	location	[ "Afghanistan" ]
The Pentagon did not even have a plan for dealing with Afghanistan or al-Qaeda that it could pull off the shelf, according to Bob Woodward.	person	[ "Bob Woodward" ]
Bush did not have his eye on the ball.	person	[ "Bush" ]
Neither did Cheney, Rumsfeld, or Wolfowitz.	person	[ "Cheney", "Rumsfeld", "Wolfowitz" ]
They were playing Captain Ahab to Saddam 's great white whale.	person	[ "Saddam" ]
Imperial Hubris makes the case that lots of people in the CIA and counter-terrorism divisions elsewhere in the US government knew all about Bin Laden and the threat he posed.	organization	[ "CIA" ]
Imperial Hubris makes the case that lots of people in the CIA and counter-terrorism divisions elsewhere in the US government knew all about Bin Laden and the threat he posed.	location	[ "US" ]
Imperial Hubris makes the case that lots of people in the CIA and counter-terrorism divisions elsewhere in the US government knew all about Bin Laden and the threat he posed.	person	[ "Bin Laden" ]
Bush demoted Dick Clarke, among the most vocal and focused of the al-Qaeda experts, from his cabinet.	person	[ "Bush", "Dick Clarke" ]
Bush demoted Dick Clarke, among the most vocal and focused of the al-Qaeda experts, from his cabinet.	organization	[ "al - Qaeda" ]
Dick could never thereafter get any real cooperation from the cabinet officers, who outranked him, and he could not convince them to go to battle stations in the summer of 2001 when George Tenet 's hair was "on fire" about the excited chatter the CIA was picking up from radical Islamist terrorists.	person	[ "Dick", "George Tenet" ]
Dick could never thereafter get any real cooperation from the cabinet officers, who outranked him, and he could not convince them to go to battle stations in the summer of 2001 when George Tenet 's hair was "on fire" about the excited chatter the CIA was picking up from radical Islamist terrorists.	organization	[ "CIA" ]
As for the Clinton administration, let me say one thing in its defense.	person	[ "Clinton" ]
Clinton had worked out a deal with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in summer of 1999 that would have allowed the US to send a Special Ops team in after Bin Laden in Qandahar, based from Pakistan.	person	[ "Clinton", "Nawaz Sharif", "Bin Laden" ]
Clinton had worked out a deal with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in summer of 1999 that would have allowed the US to send a Special Ops team in after Bin Laden in Qandahar, based from Pakistan.	location	[ "US", "Qandahar", "Pakistan" ]
I presume you need the Pakistan base for rescue operations in case anything went wrong.	location	[ "Pakistan" ]
But in fall of 1999, Gen. Pervez Musharraf made a coup against Nawaz Sharif.	person	[ "Pervez Musharraf", "Nawaz Sharif" ]
The Pakistani army was rife with elements protective of the Taliban, and the new military government reneged on the deal.	organization	[ "Taliban" ]
Musharraf told Clinton he could n't use Pakistani soil or air space to send the team in against Bin Laden.	person	[ "Clinton", "Bin Laden" ]
But for those of you tempted in that direction, please look up Carter 's Tabas operation.	person	[ "Carter" ]
Clinton tried, and tried hard.	person	[ "Clinton" ]
On the internet site of Monotheism and Holy War (al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad) , the group allegedly declared, "We announce that the Tawhid and Jihad Group, its prince and soldiers, have pledged allegiance to the sheikh of the mujahideen Osama bin Laden."	person	[ "Osama bin Laden" ]

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has indicated it is time to "recognize Hezbollah" after easily being duped by "the message on the placards they are using".

person

[ "Kofi Annan" ]

This acceptance of blatantly terrorist groups as legitimate freedom movements is a cancerous tumor on the United Nations and the media.

organization

[ "United Nations" ]

Over three years after 9-11, the United Nations, despite their attempts to project strength in fighting terrorism , still can not properly define the word "terrorist" , waffling over the issue of whether the murder of innocent civilians are terrorist acts.

organization

[ "United Nations" ]

The media routinely obscures the lines between terrorism and legitimate resistance, as the recent article by Daniel Okrent of The New York Times demonstrates .

person

[ "Daniel Okrent" ]

The media routinely obscures the lines between terrorism and legitimate resistance, as the recent article by Daniel Okrent of The New York Times demonstrates .

organization

[ "The New York Times" ]

The decision to sidestep the obvious to satisfy the need to avoid confrontation does not bring peace, but only delays the eventual conflict as the predators of Hamas and Hezbollah exploit the inherent weakness of the internationals and the media.

organization

[ "Hamas", "Hezbollah" ]

I 've been fuming over this fact for a few weeks now, ever since some organizations and governments suggested we need to accept the fact that Hezbollah will get involved in running Lebanon.

organization

[ "Hezbollah" ]

I 've been fuming over this fact for a few weeks now, ever since some organizations and governments suggested we need to accept the fact that Hezbollah will get involved in running Lebanon.

location

[ "Lebanon" ]

This is the organization that bombed our Marine barracks in 1983, took Americans hostage throughout the 80's and now they should be considered a legitimate organization?

organization

[ "Marine" ]

Iran says it is creating nuclear energy without wanting nuclear weapons.

location

[ "Iran" ]

The United States does n't believe the Iranian Government.

location

[ "United States" ]

I read an Article in Time magazine accusing the Iranian Government of being willing to start a nuclear war and I sympathise with the Article.

organization

[ "Time magazine" ]

They are certainly being nasty to the United Nations Security Council in connection with the anti-proliferation treaty.

organization

[ "United Nations Security Council" ]

The President has also said he would like to see Israel wiped off the map which he could n't even begin to try without nuclear weapons.

location

[ "Israel" ]

Many people want to use diplomacy with Iran rather than military pressure.

location

[ "Iran" ]

Let me join the chorus of annoyance over Google 's new toolbar , which, as noted in the linked article, commits just about every sin an online marketer could commit, and makes up a few new ones besides.

organization

[ "Google" ]

I 'm not fond of the Google-hates-privacy argument

organization

[ "Google" ]

This BuzzMachine post argues that Google 's rush toward ubiquity might backfire -- which we 've all heard before, but it 's particularly well-put in this post.

organization

[ "BuzzMachine", "Google" ]

Google is a nice search engine.

organization

[ "Google" ]

Warren Buffett is giving away 85% of his wealth , mostly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

person

[ "Warren Buffett" ]

Warren Buffett is giving away 85% of his wealth , mostly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

organization

[ "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" ]

It 's a move that really worries me; Buffett 's usual justification for keeping most of his money was that he was still compounding the value of his fortune at a pretty high rate, so any gifts now would mean significantly less money for the foundation later.

person

[ "Buffett" ]

It 's a little hard to parse, but at this point his ostensible view is that the Gateses are very good money-redistributors, and he wants them to have the money as soon as possible.

person

[ "Gateses" ]

Which essentially sounds like he 's worried that Bill or Melinda are going to die soon.

person

[ "Bill", "Melinda" ]

I assume his actual reason is that he 's worried that Berkshire Hathaway just ca n't grow quickly enough to justify his usual charity policy.

organization

[ "Berkshire Hathaway" ]

em ... no ... the Gates foundation mainly invests in medical research and education, that means donating now adds a tremendous value compared to donating in ten years.

organization

[ "Gates foundation" ]

It sounds pretty rational that he 's saying that Bill and Melinda are at a prime spot, so starting the money hose now is a good idea, but Buffet is still keeping most of his donation inside of Berkshire where it will compound.

person

[ "Bill", "Melinda", "Buffet" ]

It sounds pretty rational that he 's saying that Bill and Melinda are at a prime spot, so starting the money hose now is a good idea, but Buffet is still keeping most of his donation inside of Berkshire where it will compound.

organization

[ "Berkshire" ]

Important news such as President Bush 's miniscule calibrations on his marriage amendment/anti-gay (update: he 's not against gays in the bedroom, just at the altar, where of course their relationships should not only be frowned upon but should be constitutionally excluded) has pushed Sudan not just off the front pages, or the A section, but out of the NY Times and Washington Post completely.

person

[ "Bush" ]

Important news such as President Bush 's miniscule calibrations on his marriage amendment/anti-gay (update: he 's not against gays in the bedroom, just at the altar, where of course their relationships should not only be frowned upon but should be constitutionally excluded) has pushed Sudan not just off the front pages, or the A section, but out of the NY Times and Washington Post completely.

location

[ "Sudan" ]

Important news such as President Bush 's miniscule calibrations on his marriage amendment/anti-gay (update: he 's not against gays in the bedroom, just at the altar, where of course their relationships should not only be frowned upon but should be constitutionally excluded) has pushed Sudan not just off the front pages, or the A section, but out of the NY Times and Washington Post completely.

organization

[ "NY Times", "Washington Post" ]

I had to go to the BBC for this report .

organization

[ "BBC" ]

At that time, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded steps be taken to end the ethnic violence in Darfur within 48 hours.

organization

[ "UN" ]

At that time, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded steps be taken to end the ethnic violence in Darfur within 48 hours.

person

[ "Kofi Annan" ]

At that time, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded steps be taken to end the ethnic violence in Darfur within 48 hours.

location

[ "Darfur" ]

The African Union is clearly not up to the task of keeping the peace, pledging 300 troops to an area that will need 15,000, according to analysts.

organization

[ "African Union" ]

And international donors have given only half of the relief aid that Darfur needs, according to the local UN officials.

location

[ "Darfur" ]

And international donors have given only half of the relief aid that Darfur needs, according to the local UN officials.

organization

[ "UN" ]

So hear we are, two weeks later, after that dazzling PR display two weeks ago by Powell and Annan, and the situation on the ground in Darfur appears basically unchanged.

person

[ "Powell", "Annan" ]

So hear we are, two weeks later, after that dazzling PR display two weeks ago by Powell and Annan, and the situation on the ground in Darfur appears basically unchanged.

location

[ "Darfur" ]

What if Google Morphed Into GoogleOS?

organization

[ "Google" ]

What if Google expanded on its search-engine (and now e-mail) wares into a full-fledged operating system?

organization

[ "Google" ]

[via Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley ]

organization

[ "Microsoft" ]

[via Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley ]

person

[ "Mary Jo Foley" ]

Angry crowds chanted anti-American slogans in the western city of Falluja (pop. 256,000) as the security police killed in a friendly fire incident by US troops were buried on Saturday.

location

[ "Falluja", "US" ]

Reuters reported that "Sunni clerics in the town issued a 'Declaration by the people of Fallujah' condemning the deaths of the security guards and police, announcing three days of mourning, and calling for a general strike today."

organization

[ "Reuters" ]

Reuters reported that "Sunni clerics in the town issued a 'Declaration by the people of Fallujah' condemning the deaths of the security guards and police, announcing three days of mourning, and calling for a general strike today."

location

[ "Fallujah" ]

It read, "The people of Fallujah condemn the massacre which was committed on Friday against people dedicated to the protection of Fallujah.

location

[ "Fallujah", "Fallujah" ]

The clerics demanded talks with local US commanders.

location

[ "US" ]

Falluja has long been roiled by tense relations with the US soldiers there, since local Sunnis either remain committed to Arab nationalism or have become Sunni fundamentalists or even radicals.

location

[ "Falluja", "US" ]

Cities such as Falluja received special treatment from Saddam and enjoyed a disproportionate share of the country 's wealth and power.

location

[ "Falluja" ]

Cities such as Falluja received special treatment from Saddam and enjoyed a disproportionate share of the country 's wealth and power.

person

[ "Saddam" ]

It notes 10 points at which the US made key mistakes that might have stopped Bin Laden 's plot.

location

[ "US" ]

It notes 10 points at which the US made key mistakes that might have stopped Bin Laden 's plot.

person

[ "Bin Laden" ]

Four of these were under Clinton and 6 under Bush.

person

[ "Clinton", "Bush" ]

Bush came out today and said that if he had known what was coming, he would have expended every effort to stop it, and that so would have Clinton.

person

[ "Bush", "Clinton" ]

Of course Bush would have tried to stop 9/11 if he had known it was coming.

person

[ "Bush" ]

We now know that Bush and his administration came into office obsessed with Iraq.

person

[ "Bush" ]

We now know that Bush and his administration came into office obsessed with Iraq.

location

[ "Iraq" ]

Cheney was looking at maps of Iraq oil fields and muttering about opportunities for US companies there, already in January or February of 2001.

person

[ "Cheney" ]

Cheney was looking at maps of Iraq oil fields and muttering about opportunities for US companies there, already in January or February of 2001.

location

[ "Iraq", "US" ]

Wolfowitz contradicted counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke when the latter spoke of the al-Qaeda threat, insisting that the preeminent threat of terrorism against the US came from Iraq, and indicating he accepted Laurie Mylroie 's crackpot conspiracy theory that Saddam was behind the 1993 World Trade Towers bombing.

person

[ "Wolfowitz", "Richard Clarke", "Laurie Mylroie", "Saddam" ]

Wolfowitz contradicted counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke when the latter spoke of the al-Qaeda threat, insisting that the preeminent threat of terrorism against the US came from Iraq, and indicating he accepted Laurie Mylroie 's crackpot conspiracy theory that Saddam was behind the 1993 World Trade Towers bombing.

organization

[ "al - Qaeda" ]

Wolfowitz contradicted counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke when the latter spoke of the al-Qaeda threat, insisting that the preeminent threat of terrorism against the US came from Iraq, and indicating he accepted Laurie Mylroie 's crackpot conspiracy theory that Saddam was behind the 1993 World Trade Towers bombing.

location

[ "US", "Iraq" ]

If you believe crackpot theories instead of focusing on the reality--that was an al-Qaeda operation mainly carried out by al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyah, an Egyptian terrorist component allied with Bin Laden-- then you will concentrate on the wrong threat.

organization

[ "al - Qaeda" ]

If you believe crackpot theories instead of focusing on the reality--that was an al-Qaeda operation mainly carried out by al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyah, an Egyptian terrorist component allied with Bin Laden-- then you will concentrate on the wrong threat.

person

[ "al - Gamaa al - Islamiyyah", "Bin Laden" ]

Even after the attacks on September 11, Bush was obsessing about Iraq.

person

[ "Bush" ]

Even after the attacks on September 11, Bush was obsessing about Iraq.

location

[ "Iraq" ]

Wolfowitz lied to him and said that there was a 10 to 50% chance that Iraq was behind them.

person

[ "Wolfowitz" ]

Wolfowitz lied to him and said that there was a 10 to 50% chance that Iraq was behind them.

location

[ "Iraq" ]

The hijackers were obviously al-Qaeda, and no operational links between al-Qaeda and Iraq had ever been found).

organization

[ "al - Qaeda", "al - Qaeda" ]

The hijackers were obviously al-Qaeda, and no operational links between al-Qaeda and Iraq had ever been found).

location

[ "Iraq" ]

Rumsfeld initially rejected an attack on al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, saying there were "no good targets" in Afghanistan.

person

[ "Rumsfeld" ]

Rumsfeld initially rejected an attack on al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, saying there were "no good targets" in Afghanistan.

organization

[ "al - Qaeda" ]

Rumsfeld initially rejected an attack on al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, saying there were "no good targets" in Afghanistan.

location

[ "Afghanistan", "Afghanistan" ]

(What about 40 al-Qaeda bases that had trained the 9/11 hijackers and other terrorists gunning for the United States??)

organization

[ "al - Qaeda" ]

(What about 40 al-Qaeda bases that had trained the 9/11 hijackers and other terrorists gunning for the United States??)

location

[ "United States" ]

The Pentagon did not even have a plan for dealing with Afghanistan or al-Qaeda that it could pull off the shelf, according to Bob Woodward.

organization

[ "Pentagon", "al - Qaeda" ]

The Pentagon did not even have a plan for dealing with Afghanistan or al-Qaeda that it could pull off the shelf, according to Bob Woodward.

location

[ "Afghanistan" ]

The Pentagon did not even have a plan for dealing with Afghanistan or al-Qaeda that it could pull off the shelf, according to Bob Woodward.

person

[ "Bob Woodward" ]

Bush did not have his eye on the ball.

person

[ "Bush" ]

Neither did Cheney, Rumsfeld, or Wolfowitz.

person

[ "Cheney", "Rumsfeld", "Wolfowitz" ]

They were playing Captain Ahab to Saddam 's great white whale.

person

[ "Saddam" ]

Imperial Hubris makes the case that lots of people in the CIA and counter-terrorism divisions elsewhere in the US government knew all about Bin Laden and the threat he posed.

organization

[ "CIA" ]

Imperial Hubris makes the case that lots of people in the CIA and counter-terrorism divisions elsewhere in the US government knew all about Bin Laden and the threat he posed.

location

[ "US" ]

Imperial Hubris makes the case that lots of people in the CIA and counter-terrorism divisions elsewhere in the US government knew all about Bin Laden and the threat he posed.

person

[ "Bin Laden" ]

Bush demoted Dick Clarke, among the most vocal and focused of the al-Qaeda experts, from his cabinet.

person

[ "Bush", "Dick Clarke" ]

Bush demoted Dick Clarke, among the most vocal and focused of the al-Qaeda experts, from his cabinet.

organization

[ "al - Qaeda" ]

Dick could never thereafter get any real cooperation from the cabinet officers, who outranked him, and he could not convince them to go to battle stations in the summer of 2001 when George Tenet 's hair was "on fire" about the excited chatter the CIA was picking up from radical Islamist terrorists.

person

[ "Dick", "George Tenet" ]

Dick could never thereafter get any real cooperation from the cabinet officers, who outranked him, and he could not convince them to go to battle stations in the summer of 2001 when George Tenet 's hair was "on fire" about the excited chatter the CIA was picking up from radical Islamist terrorists.

organization

[ "CIA" ]

As for the Clinton administration, let me say one thing in its defense.

person

[ "Clinton" ]

Clinton had worked out a deal with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in summer of 1999 that would have allowed the US to send a Special Ops team in after Bin Laden in Qandahar, based from Pakistan.

person

[ "Clinton", "Nawaz Sharif", "Bin Laden" ]

Clinton had worked out a deal with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in summer of 1999 that would have allowed the US to send a Special Ops team in after Bin Laden in Qandahar, based from Pakistan.

location

[ "US", "Qandahar", "Pakistan" ]

I presume you need the Pakistan base for rescue operations in case anything went wrong.

location

[ "Pakistan" ]

But in fall of 1999, Gen. Pervez Musharraf made a coup against Nawaz Sharif.

person

[ "Pervez Musharraf", "Nawaz Sharif" ]

The Pakistani army was rife with elements protective of the Taliban, and the new military government reneged on the deal.

organization

[ "Taliban" ]

Musharraf told Clinton he could n't use Pakistani soil or air space to send the team in against Bin Laden.

person

[ "Clinton", "Bin Laden" ]

But for those of you tempted in that direction, please look up Carter 's Tabas operation.

person

[ "Carter" ]

Clinton tried, and tried hard.

person

[ "Clinton" ]

On the internet site of Monotheism and Holy War (al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad) , the group allegedly declared, "We announce that the Tawhid and Jihad Group, its prince and soldiers, have pledged allegiance to the sheikh of the mujahideen Osama bin Laden."

person

[ "Osama bin Laden" ]